Mountain Dewdrop.

April 15, 1985

Connections between Central Florida and North Carolina have always been pretty tight. Sun-baked Floridians like to escape to the rhododendrons and mountain laurel for spring break. Developer Wally Sanderlin knows a good thing when he sees it. He is one of the general partners in a Blue Ridge Mountains retreat called Laurel Estates Golf Course and Country Club. It's under construction at Waynesville -- about 30 miles west of Asheville. Sanderlin and the other general partner, Dewitt Dawkins of Jacksonville, will seek 63 limited partners for the project, which will include retirement homes and second homes. Major marketing thrust: Central Florida.